Tyler is a fearless man. As is apparent when he throws/launches sharp objects all over his garage while using nothing more than safety squints as eye protection.
really, i mean come on.... im more shocked at the "why did this thing that shoots metal darts that stick into wood fire 2 when it should only fire one............let me point it at my face and find out"
Alright, so we got our 4 classes for the TylerTube RPG. Tyler with knife: Rogue Tyler with crossbow: Ranger Tyler with Flex Tape: Medic And finally, Tyler with sword and board: Warrior
Seems like a rolling pin or maybe a piece of metal laid over it under a weight could have worked to flatten and stretch it. That stuff looks pretty cool.. I could see a lot of uses for it. That club looks like the one the dude had in Last of the Mohicans.
Gun stock war clubs are really really cool, and despite the name, no one is really sure if they are based off a musket stock which they do resemble, or if they are a coincidental design as even the oldest ones they have found dont have any of the drilling or tapping holes you would find in a repurposed musket stock.
I wasn't expecting too much from him. I mean after the last video of working with it he didn't even bother getting some heat resistant gloves for working with the stuff.
Ironically I think plastic would have made a fantastic shield in medieval times. It's incredibly durable, it's flexible, and lightweight. I could imagine the proper plastic easily stopping a sword.
The thing with warhammers and fighting clubs against shields is, your enemy gets his weapon stuck in your shield, you now have a save handle to remove his weapon from your enemy. So when doing medieval combat or stuff you will usually avoid hitting a shield and aim for bodyparts that are covered in plates as thornlike structures will more easily remove from punctured plate metal than wood or in this case plastics.
So this stuff is hard, white, malleable, and apparently makes pretty good armor against everything except crossbows, apparently. Congrats man, I think you found what Storm Troopers make their armor out of.
I love this. More accurately the shield aswell. Shields were typically hardened wood with metal lining to help the shields shape. They were however closer to around an extra half inch of thickness. However shields typically had the handles towards the side with padding to help your forearm brace against the blows. Bucklers however were small metal shields with wood handles directly in the middle for hand maneuvers. No shaming for not making historically accurate and instead saying how absolutely awesome this stuff is, and if shaped and molded would be stronger than hard wood shields, but not as strong as full metal shields, with the off set being the light weight of the plastic compared to the full heavy metal shields that required your full body to lift. Super cool as always
Kindly sign the petition to get Tyler a stonger/more solid work table below. (Yes, I know he still needs the use of his garage, but he also needs somethin he can go to WORK on without bouncing! 😉)
I'd really love to see you repair the shield with a heat gun. I wanna see if it really does just go back together, or if you can just patch it with more of the balls and have it hold nicely.
same. rapid heat gun repairs would be so epic. smash it up real good then spray water and heat gun squish it back together again. but he needs some gloves or something to deal with that heat molding it bare handed seems to hurt.
Just want to point out that the shield is being held static during testing but if it was being used in "battle" your arm would be acting like a shock absorber and would make it much less likely for anything to actually penetrate the shield. You'd also have the ability to move it and help deflect blows.
I'm so glad his channel blew up this guy just makes the best videos for when there's nothing to watch just random shit but it's all useful in some way hes a genius
Embed chain mail. It would almost be like a stronger fiberglass and would likely be able to stop crossbows too if you get the right ring sizes. Edit: also, try using a rolling pin when flattening it out. It will help make the sheets a lot more uniform and you can just sandwich the chain mail between two layers of hot plastic and try to roll it in.
The stuff is great. Very underrated. I've used it for years by different makers ... started out very expensive and today it's dirty cheap if you shop around enough.
Yep, I use it in my little repair business all the time. You can make or repair plastic tabs and mold small pieces for toys and plastic parts. Fabulous stuff that I've also used for years.
@@1220mystic hi, if you tie a knot in the cord it shouldn't pull out, You could flatten 2 sheets of this material and trap a knot between, then mould them together pressing between your palms, I have fused several sheets together like this and when cool doesn't seem to delaminate easily
Late to the party, but have to suggestions.. Making a bow out of the beads would be very interesting. And also a slingshot. In fact you could probably make round marble sized 'pellets' for the slingshot out of the same stuff. Again making this product something that every survivalist should have in his bag. Great thing is if you make a mistake... you just reheat it up again. I've worked with these beads in the years past for making fake teeth. The secret in using them is to knead (like bread) continually folding and getting the air out of whatever your creating. The trapped air is going to be the weakest part of whatever you create. Love your channel.
Tyler for a man you have the cleanest hands i have ever seen in my entire life. They make mine look manly from everything i get into grease and paint wise and my 8 year old sons from all the dirt and stuff he plays with.
@@CollinTheSav how bout let’s have a sense of humor and not be such a Debbie downer. I have a dirty mind that I find quite funny. It’s cool that you don’t but don’t try and act like I’m wrong for thinking something’s funny ;)
@@bumbobaggins not sure if you’re talking about what I said. But nowhere in this video and nothing I said was un family friendly. Wanna talk about being family friendly go talk to the school systems…
Excuse me Tyler, there are these things called rolling pins. They use them for rolling out dough into flatter shapes. It would have seriously helped here i think . Thank you for all the hard work
@@Blatant.Obscurity i seem you can actually stain it to. and there is all kinds of plastic paint you can probably get to work with it. there is also different colors of this stuff or off brands like it even clear stuff. kind of want to go all out and grab a bunch some day and just mess with it.
@@Blatant.Obscurity It actually takes paints and varnish really well. I used this stuff to make antlers for a jackalope and the acrylic paints stuck to it nicely. I also used Duraclear varnish and it dried as pretty as you please. Sanding it was interesting though. The friction of the sandpaper heated it up enough that it kind of melted, but it still smoothed out the bumps. So the sanding was more equivalent to adding water to clay instead of actually removing rough areas.
If you want to look like you are missing some chromosomes, because it doesn't mold into good shapes while many other materials can make more realistic props even if they don't have the impact resistance, which is more what you're going for with cosplay.
@@vincetravis8701 Yeah? I was going to say it looked like HDPE which was used to make stormtrooper armor, the reason it was white was because it wouldn't take paint.
Video idea for bead: 1. Makeshift bow and arrows, use real arrow heads and string, but my the handle and sticks for arrows out of beads. 2. Make a holster for your “SMALL” knife. 3. phone case. 4. Maybe a blade if you can, would like to see you try to even if it were to melt from heat of the grit scratching it.. just as a example for people who don’t know or if it works it would be nice.
i broke my old phone 6 months ago. i was subscribed to your channel for 2 years on account i used. long story short i got a new phone couldn’t log into youtube anymore so made a new account. and here we are. damn i love this guy! so happy youtube recommended your videos to me again. i missed seeing you!! 👍 edit. now i binge watching all your videos i missed
I would just keep in mind that most of these are best case scenarios; if you were actually in a battle no one would get hits this good or direct unless you were somehow pinned. most everything that stuck into the shield wouldve just glanced off because of the inaccuracy that comes with a moving target.
Use a heat gun. As a cosplayer who has made a entire suit of armor out of thermal plastic- heat gun and clay sculpting tools so you don’t burn your hands. If it sticks to your sculpting tools the way friendly plastic does then use lard on your tools to keep it from sticking.
And I also have to point out the fact that you had a "weapon malfunction" and then look directly at it with no safety glasses on when it didn't work the way it was supposed to 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, like man, breaking rule 1 of using a projectile weapon, don't point it at something you probably don't want to shoot, especially when you know for a fact it's still loaded.
Safety Tip : protective gloves and goggles, also if you plan to use that plastic stuff in the future try some cool touch gloves they can make it a little easier on ya while your molding the plastic 😉
Use hot rollers with water poring over and even heat pads that go to high enough temperature and wet clothes, not bad tho pretty good way to shape plastic
So I'd suggest if you wanted to make a really nice surface for it like a buckler, with a nice rounded outside, you could start by making a mold out of wood, just take a thick slab of wood or several 4x4's glued together and carve out negative space for where the shield would go, then just get a rolling pin and mostly make the plastic the way you did previously and then press it into the wood mold to dry. That way you could make any shape you wanted. Shields are rounded that way so projectiles and knives glance off, so it'd be a more effective finished product. And likely it would dry out more even.
Cool video!! 2 things came to mind 1. if you could heat and pack it tight into the inside of a trash can lid so it would be thicker in the center and then make handle style for full arm support . 2. How about Storm Trooper armor or if it's printable Mandalorian Armor!!
I don’t know if anybody has suggested this, but next time while working with this stuff you might want to use silicone gloves, you use them to take stuff out of the oven on Amazon, might work to use while molding this stuff, so you don’t burn your hands LOL fun video thx!!
You didn't take into account the fact that if you were holding the shield your arm would act as a shock absorber and the penetration wouldn't be as much so its actually even more effective! Great video though, your content in top notch.
I have been waiting all week for this video and it did not disappoint lol i have already been through your entire library of content. I need a tylertube upload daily lol but thank you for all you do, you can really see how much effort and planning you do for your videos. Keep up the great work. The sky is the limit for you man, grateful to be along for the ride 👊🏾
You should have used a torch on the front afterwards to make it look untouched. See if it would really work after a battle. I would think it would get stronger with each refacing.
I wonder how it would perform as a bullet/ arrowhead against unarmored or lightly armored targets. If you could mold it just right and fit it in a casing, how effective of a round could it be?
I'd like to see that, but Tyler isn't the one to do it. Just watch him look down the barrel when he had a malfunction and that should yell you he's not the guy lol.
I love Instamorph - been using it for nearly 10 years. Aside from general fixes and projects around the house, I always have some with my camping equipment and a few strips in my wallet. A lighter can be all you need to heat up a small amount and make all sorts of minor repairs in a pinch.
I know this is all for fun but just wanted to point out a flaw in some of these. Mainly with the experiment with the War Club. He hit the shield from above with all the pressure going towards the ground which of course had nowhere to go. If it were a real human being, some of the force would be absorbed to the person themself, but some would also force the person to fly backwards, unless they had some inhuman strength to completely absorb the impact (which some do). But do to the power of the person flying, not all the force goes directly to the shield so its unlikely that it would have gone through. But all in all, video was great, no hate
I just found your channel 2-3 days ago. After seeing multiple videos where you handle things like this as well as hot food from time to time, you NEED a pair of cilicone gloves. So good for handling hot material with acceptable (not great) dexterity
Tyler, I’ve seen many videos where people have commented regarding your safety. And I’m not really one to comment. But this video made me genuinely concerned for your safety. You took a wish spring loaded dart shooter, and aimed it right at your face/eyes with no safety protection, because it ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED 2 DARTS INSTEAD OF ONE. On top of all the other sharp objects Ricocheting off the shield. Please wear safety protection. We don’t want to see you get hurt.
Would possibly like to see some additional safety measures on some of these torture tests lol. Maybe bring the protective glasses out a little earlier for when you're launching projectiles at unfamiliar surfaces or put on some gloves when stabbing into random things in case your hand slips. You also almost pointed a loaded dart gun directly at your face. I'm sure you can get away with some of these things without too much worry, but try to set a good example for your younger audience (I don't have kids or anything but I also don't want children potentially getting hurt by not taking these things into consideration if they decide to try something stupid). Nonetheless, great video as always 👍
Is it just me or does anyone else want to see Tyler Collab with Demolition Ranch and see if these beads can make a good body plate to maybe not stop a 9mm bullet but at least make a huge dent to see if you could survive a bullet
Don’t let them “lovely” mean comments get you mad or doing anything extra to please them. I’ve been watching you for a very long time. Right or even a teeny tiny mistake i still watch your videos… You’re entertaining. Keep doing what you do. Yesterday
yeah, using gloves kneading hot plastic is SO overrated. Or wear eye protection when shooting sharp metal projectiles. Tyler please take some safety precautions.
Small suggestion, would live to see a longer video of you making an armor set out of that stuff, like a chest plate /helmet 👀 and a sword that you sharpen add like a metal mesh to the planting and boom. Easy pz armor set
Remember when this channel was all about flex tape and superglue?…I think we found our new trend. Let’s see what all we can get Tyler to make out of this stuff. The possibility’s are literally endless (depending on his creativity)
You could have used a rolling pin or a metal tube/bar to get it more even. I bought some of this stuff after watching your other video and it is brilliant stuff! It takes a bit of practice to get used to it, but it is so useful. Thanks Tyler!
fires projectile knives that bounce around freely, throws ninja stars that bounce and glance off, tosses a spear that bounces back towards him... uses a safety backstop for the crossbow... epic.
If the crossbow hits where your hand is then it just ~Bolts~ the shield to your hand so you can't drop it. Slice the fletching end off with the sword in your main hand and take it as a blessing
Awesome video but can I suggest a redo? This time make it thicker in the center and rounded. Shields were also used to repel thus is why the concave. Also, there are 2 handles. One for forearm stability and one for hand grasping.
First I wanna say, excellent advertising for this company. Secondly, I’d want to see how it would hold up to small arms fire. Finally, I’d like to see if you could repair these things by reheating it or adding more beads to fill gaps. I also think you could improve your hammer by putting in a wedge to better fill the hole in the head.
The shield wasn’t curved. Curved shields are useful. You didn’t use something like a paella pan / exterior bottom of a large cooking pot to mould it on. Perhaps try that? No water, just the outside bottom/base of that large pan. You can maybe even seal the pan / weld it & run copper tubes on the inside to heat it up. Heat the water separately. Add a tap / valve. Kind of like a heated table that candy makers use. You should remake the shield but make it curved, or make it up of individual hexagons like a turtles shell, and then put it onto the plastic shield which would be thinner but it’d be more than just flat! & also, perhaps make a cover for it with a carbon fibre backed leather, or steel mesh. The plastic would be the base material. You could put steel circles on the exterior. Over the plastic.
You should try putting in metal screening (the harder kind) in between two layers of this plastic and see if it improves integrity. Also, you should change the handle to be like the Spartan shield handle. you can look it up. PS - I love your channel, never change man!
If you're going to make a useful shield you should make one where your arm has a band for your forearm and a handle for your hand! You will most likely break your wrist with a decent enough impact and the chance of the shield pivoting side to side and hurting yourself.
Imagine being the Tyler-s neighbor and heard a loud sound coming from his garage and followerd by "... just a little bit of the tip went throu ... let's try again.". I'll guess that the PD already knows him and don't come to his house too often knowing who he is and what he does.
For a real life scenario I think it would be easier for the user's hand to fail to hold that handle than a melee weapon making it through that. Maybe a better handle (the handle smaller and close to the edge, having a strap for the forearm to be held against the inner part of the shield) then it would be so much easier protecting yourself from blows on the shield. The kind of handle depicted in the video is commonly used in bucklers (super tini shields) or toy shields that are not accurate depictions of real war shields.
Tyler is a fearless man. As is apparent when he throws/launches sharp objects all over his garage while using nothing more than safety squints as eye protection.
I was looking for this comment
really, i mean come on.... im more shocked at the "why did this thing that shoots metal darts that stick into wood fire 2 when it should only fire one............let me point it at my face and find out"
Still waiting for OSHA to come to hit house. Oh what fun that'd be
He's got his safety shirt on, he's totally fine
at 10:15 he freaked me out by looking directly at the ballistic darts when it just malfunctioned by sending out two darts
Alright, so we got our 4 classes for the TylerTube RPG.
Tyler with knife: Rogue
Tyler with crossbow: Ranger
Tyler with Flex Tape: Medic
And finally, Tyler with sword and board: Warrior
Why is it that the Tyler Medic seems the biggest threat to my health?
@@TC-th1ey Tyler cooking is a bigger threat, you're lucky chef isn't one of the classes
@@Zalwalloo yet
Don't forget Tyler with 500 9-volt batteries: Wizard
Seems like a rolling pin or maybe a piece of metal laid over it under a weight could have worked to flatten and stretch it. That stuff looks pretty cool.. I could see a lot of uses for it. That club looks like the one the dude had in Last of the Mohicans.
Gun stock war clubs are really really cool, and despite the name, no one is really sure if they are based off a musket stock which they do resemble, or if they are a coincidental design as even the oldest ones they have found dont have any of the drilling or tapping holes you would find in a repurposed musket stock.
Yep, I was just gonna say the same thing... ROLLING PIN, BRO!! 🤘
I wasn't expecting too much from him. I mean after the last video of working with it he didn't even bother getting some heat resistant gloves for working with the stuff.
@@fallouthirteen Wow, waterproof grill gloves are 30 bucks....totally worth it for this.
You want a shield to be rounded. It's less effective if it's perfectly flat.
Ironically I think plastic would have made a fantastic shield in medieval times. It's incredibly durable, it's flexible, and lightweight. I could imagine the proper plastic easily stopping a sword.
“You can’t rob me, I have a ballistic dart gun!”
“Well too bad, I brought my plastic bead shield!”
The thing with warhammers and fighting clubs against shields is, your enemy gets his weapon stuck in your shield, you now have a save handle to remove his weapon from your enemy. So when doing medieval combat or stuff you will usually avoid hitting a shield and aim for bodyparts that are covered in plates as thornlike structures will more easily remove from punctured plate metal than wood or in this case plastics.
'Why does this reusable material stick to itself, when rewetted with hot water. ' We love you Tyler.
Man I died at that part. Wait??? It's sticks to itself? I have a new table for - nevermind.
So this stuff is hard, white, malleable, and apparently makes pretty good armor against everything except crossbows, apparently.
Congrats man, I think you found what Storm Troopers make their armor out of.
You need a rolling pin and insulated glove with nitrile gloves over it like people use when working with bbq.
This.
👍👍
Maybe even just something abt as big to put ontop and push👀
i feel like the best part of this stuff as a shield is that you can fix it pretty easily
”Why did two of them shoot out at once?”
*PROCEEDS TO STARE DIRECTLY INTO THE DART-GUN* 10:15
SAFETY
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was looking in the comments if someone else noticed 😂😂
that could have gone so wrong
lol right an I'm sure he got hit with one of them ricochets from the darts
I know I flinched at that. like holy shit.
I love this. More accurately the shield aswell. Shields were typically hardened wood with metal lining to help the shields shape. They were however closer to around an extra half inch of thickness. However shields typically had the handles towards the side with padding to help your forearm brace against the blows. Bucklers however were small metal shields with wood handles directly in the middle for hand maneuvers.
No shaming for not making historically accurate and instead saying how absolutely awesome this stuff is, and if shaped and molded would be stronger than hard wood shields, but not as strong as full metal shields, with the off set being the light weight of the plastic compared to the full heavy metal shields that required your full body to lift. Super cool as always
If you used double the amount for the shield , a large wooden dowel to roll it out, you could have made a Pavise to cover your entire body.
Kindly sign the petition to get Tyler a stonger/more solid work table below. (Yes, I know he still needs the use of his garage, but he also needs somethin he can go to WORK on without bouncing! 😉)
I'd really love to see you repair the shield with a heat gun. I wanna see if it really does just go back together, or if you can just patch it with more of the balls and have it hold nicely.
same. rapid heat gun repairs would be so epic. smash it up real good then spray water and heat gun squish it back together again. but he needs some gloves or something to deal with that heat molding it bare handed seems to hurt.
Just want to point out that the shield is being held static during testing but if it was being used in "battle" your arm would be acting like a shock absorber and would make it much less likely for anything to actually penetrate the shield. You'd also have the ability to move it and help deflect blows.
this stuff is really cool. now you just gotta find out if you can sharpen it.
my exact thought 😂
omg yes
Easy belt sander
YES
😂😂
The fact that he never thought of gloves so he can handle the scalding hot plastic 😂
I thought for sure after the first time using this stuff he would get some leather gloves or something. Guess he likes the pain.
@@kyleshelton11 just lacks a bit of common sense lmao
Definitely need some type of heat resistant gloves to properly deal with that
I'm so glad his channel blew up this guy just makes the best videos for when there's nothing to watch just random shit but it's all useful in some way hes a genius
Embed chain mail. It would almost be like a stronger fiberglass and would likely be able to stop crossbows too if you get the right ring sizes.
Edit: also, try using a rolling pin when flattening it out. It will help make the sheets a lot more uniform and you can just sandwich the chain mail between two layers of hot plastic and try to roll it in.
Embedded chainmail would be cool
@@Yrocsrelles hope he gives it a try. Would be pretty cool to see how it performs.
@@bleeblin5252 doesn't that take months and alot of experience to make
@@bleeblin5252 I searched and it says if many people team up it takes 2 weeks to make a shirt so I don't think that's realistic
He could just get chainmail and layer thus stuff on both sides of it so the plastic has a chain mail metal core
I used to watch your videos all night before and now i just noticed your bio says “your problably watching my videos at 3 AM”😂
The stuff is great. Very underrated. I've used it for years by different makers ... started out very expensive and today it's dirty cheap if you shop around enough.
Yep, I use it in my little repair business all the time. You can make or repair plastic tabs and mold small pieces for toys and plastic parts. Fabulous stuff that I've also used for years.
I bought it as 'Polymorph' in the UK around 10 years ago
I love the way you can drill/tap it and it will hold strong
Can anyone tell me if i mold this around like a cord and let it cool will i be able to pull the cord out or will it stick to the cord? Thank you
@@1220mystic hi, if you tie a knot in the cord it shouldn't pull out,
You could flatten 2 sheets of this material and trap a knot between, then mould them together pressing between your palms,
I have fused several sheets together like this and when cool doesn't seem to delaminate easily
@@sofa-lofa4241 so it shouldnt stick to the cord when cooled then?
Late to the party, but have to suggestions.. Making a bow out of the beads would be very interesting. And also a slingshot. In fact you could probably make round marble sized 'pellets' for the slingshot out of the same stuff. Again making this product something that every survivalist should have in his bag. Great thing is if you make a mistake... you just reheat it up again. I've worked with these beads in the years past for making fake teeth. The secret in using them is to knead (like bread) continually folding and getting the air out of whatever your creating. The trapped air is going to be the weakest part of whatever you create. Love your channel.
You’re the science teacher we all wished we had in high school, educating while entertaining!!!
Tyler a science teacher?!? Hahhahha oh... thanks for the laugh!
And after one day he would be fired being the dumbest science teacher ever
There is zero education going on here
Heck no, I actually learned things in school that are useful in Real Life. I learned nothing from this video, but I was entertained.
@@stinkycheese804 actually I always learn something from these videos always read directions don’t just throw papers away
Tyler for a man you have the cleanest hands i have ever seen in my entire life. They make mine look manly from everything i get into grease and paint wise and my 8 year old sons from all the dirt and stuff he plays with.
Is it just me or was it absolutely hilarious when he was putting the handle in the hole 😂
Get the mind out of the gutter.
@@CollinTheSav how bout let’s have a sense of humor and not be such a Debbie downer. I have a dirty mind that I find quite funny. It’s cool that you don’t but don’t try and act like I’m wrong for thinking something’s funny ;)
@@CollinTheSav your comment severely lacks cuss words
Yes definitely, but I thought this channel was supposed to be family friendly
@@bumbobaggins not sure if you’re talking about what I said. But nowhere in this video and nothing I said was un family friendly. Wanna talk about being family friendly go talk to the school systems…
Excuse me Tyler, there are these things called rolling pins. They use them for rolling out dough into flatter shapes. It would have seriously helped here i think . Thank you for all the hard work
This seems like it'd be perfect for the Cosplay Community to mold armor shapes out of
That's a good idea, I wonder how it hold paint or color
@@Blatant.Obscurity i seem you can actually stain it to. and there is all kinds of plastic paint you can probably get to work with it. there is also different colors of this stuff or off brands like it even clear stuff. kind of want to go all out and grab a bunch some day and just mess with it.
@@Blatant.Obscurity It actually takes paints and varnish really well. I used this stuff to make antlers for a jackalope and the acrylic paints stuck to it nicely. I also used Duraclear varnish and it dried as pretty as you please.
Sanding it was interesting though. The friction of the sandpaper heated it up enough that it kind of melted, but it still smoothed out the bumps. So the sanding was more equivalent to adding water to clay instead of actually removing rough areas.
If you want to look like you are missing some chromosomes, because it doesn't mold into good shapes while many other materials can make more realistic props even if they don't have the impact resistance, which is more what you're going for with cosplay.
@@vincetravis8701 Yeah? I was going to say it looked like HDPE which was used to make stormtrooper armor, the reason it was white was because it wouldn't take paint.
I think a mace or a staff might work with this stuff(if you cant sharpen) and would love to watch you try it, and how effective it would be.
Video idea for bead: 1. Makeshift bow and arrows, use real arrow heads and string, but my the handle and sticks for arrows out of beads. 2. Make a holster for your “SMALL” knife. 3. phone case. 4. Maybe a blade if you can, would like to see you try to even if it were to melt from heat of the grit scratching it.. just as a example for people who don’t know or if it works it would be nice.
i broke my old phone 6 months ago. i was subscribed to your channel for 2 years on account i used. long story short i got a new phone couldn’t log into youtube anymore so made a new account. and here we are.
damn i love this guy! so happy youtube recommended your videos to me again. i missed seeing you!! 👍
edit. now i binge watching all your videos i missed
I would just keep in mind that most of these are best case scenarios; if you were actually in a battle no one would get hits this good or direct unless you were somehow pinned. most everything that stuck into the shield wouldve just glanced off because of the inaccuracy that comes with a moving target.
Use a heat gun. As a cosplayer who has made a entire suit of armor out of thermal plastic- heat gun and clay sculpting tools so you don’t burn your hands. If it sticks to your sculpting tools the way friendly plastic does then use lard on your tools to keep it from sticking.
And I also have to point out the fact that you had a "weapon malfunction" and then look directly at it with no safety glasses on when it didn't work the way it was supposed to 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had the same thought lol.
Yep
Yeah, I had a mini panic attack at that
Yeah, like man, breaking rule 1 of using a projectile weapon, don't point it at something you probably don't want to shoot, especially when you know for a fact it's still loaded.
Came to say this
Safety Tip : protective gloves and goggles, also if you plan to use that plastic stuff in the future try some cool touch gloves they can make it a little easier on ya while your molding the plastic 😉
Use hot rollers with water poring over and even heat pads that go to high enough temperature and wet clothes, not bad tho pretty good way to shape plastic
So I'd suggest if you wanted to make a really nice surface for it like a buckler, with a nice rounded outside, you could start by making a mold out of wood, just take a thick slab of wood or several 4x4's glued together and carve out negative space for where the shield would go, then just get a rolling pin and mostly make the plastic the way you did previously and then press it into the wood mold to dry. That way you could make any shape you wanted. Shields are rounded that way so projectiles and knives glance off, so it'd be a more effective finished product. And likely it would dry out more even.
Cool video!! 2 things came to mind
1. if you could heat and pack it tight into the inside of a trash can lid so it would be thicker in the center and then make handle style for full arm support .
2. How about Storm Trooper armor or if it's printable Mandalorian Armor!!
I don’t know if anybody has suggested this, but next time while working with this stuff you might want to use silicone gloves, you use them to take stuff out of the oven on Amazon, might work to use while molding this stuff, so you don’t burn your hands LOL fun video thx!!
You need to send some of this stuff to Matt on demolition ranch so he can see how bulletproof it is.
Deadset my first thought too
Yeah i wanna see it too. I think it might do reasonable well in that test.
Make 2 discs and sandwich Kevlar between them
Yoooo yeah
@@SacredMomentsPhotography I was thinking put it between two ceramic tiles and then coat the whole thing in this.
You didn't take into account the fact that if you were holding the shield your arm would act as a shock absorber and the penetration wouldn't be as much so its actually even more effective! Great video though, your content in top notch.
Molten plastic is, generally, quite hot.
Really? Is it because its molten?
@@haidandurham8630 No its because it plastic
It's because it is
The plastic was no where near molten temps 😑
@@AdamWulfric j had to kill it didnt ya..
Should have used an iron with the shield soaked with water after you got it to the shape you wanted
I have been waiting all week for this video and it did not disappoint lol i have already been through your entire library of content. I need a tylertube upload daily lol but thank you for all you do, you can really see how much effort and planning you do for your videos. Keep up the great work. The sky is the limit for you man, grateful to be along for the ride 👊🏾
You should have used a torch on the front afterwards to make it look untouched. See if it would really work after a battle. I would think it would get stronger with each refacing.
I wonder how it would perform as a bullet/ arrowhead against unarmored or lightly armored targets. If you could mold it just right and fit it in a casing, how effective of a round could it be?
I'd like to see that, but Tyler isn't the one to do it. Just watch him look down the barrel when he had a malfunction and that should yell you he's not the guy lol.
I love Instamorph - been using it for nearly 10 years. Aside from general fixes and projects around the house, I always have some with my camping equipment and a few strips in my wallet. A lighter can be all you need to heat up a small amount and make all sorts of minor repairs in a pinch.
Mold a big block of it (like a block of ballistic gel) and see how much of it would it take to stop a crossbow.
great video but I got to say you looked right in to the barrel of your spike launcher did anyone else get scared when he did that 10:15
maybe you should have worn gloves and thrown it against a solid surface to start kneading it and maybe knead it with a mallet once it gets thicker
Now you gotta make various weapons with it! Like a dagger, an axe/hatchet/tomahawk, an arrow/crossbow bolt, mace/hammer/pick. Then test them out!
Wear heat proof gloves and use a rolling pin to flatten it out.
I know this is all for fun but just wanted to point out a flaw in some of these. Mainly with the experiment with the War Club. He hit the shield from above with all the pressure going towards the ground which of course had nowhere to go. If it were a real human being, some of the force would be absorbed to the person themself, but some would also force the person to fly backwards, unless they had some inhuman strength to completely absorb the impact (which some do). But do to the power of the person flying, not all the force goes directly to the shield so its unlikely that it would have gone through. But all in all, video was great, no hate
You know... Crazy idea. Wear gloves 😶
Came to say this
10:10 Why did it accidently misfire, well let's point it directly at my eyes now! SMH
He tests everything we all wonder about and I love the safety gear. No fear. Repect
14:43yep we all thought the same thing😅😅😅
I’ve never been this early but here we gooooo 🤣
I just found your channel 2-3 days ago. After seeing multiple videos where you handle things like this as well as hot food from time to time, you NEED a pair of cilicone gloves. So good for handling hot material with acceptable (not great) dexterity
I do love the channel though
Tyler, I’ve seen many videos where people have commented regarding your safety. And I’m not really one to comment. But this video made me genuinely concerned for your safety. You took a wish spring loaded dart shooter, and aimed it right at your face/eyes with no safety protection, because it ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED 2 DARTS INSTEAD OF ONE. On top of all the other sharp objects Ricocheting off the shield. Please wear safety protection. We don’t want to see you get hurt.
Quit crying bruh he's a grown man. You're not his mother.
Ok safety boy
I love the assortment of random ass weapons you have lmao
Would possibly like to see some additional safety measures on some of these torture tests lol. Maybe bring the protective glasses out a little earlier for when you're launching projectiles at unfamiliar surfaces or put on some gloves when stabbing into random things in case your hand slips. You also almost pointed a loaded dart gun directly at your face. I'm sure you can get away with some of these things without too much worry, but try to set a good example for your younger audience (I don't have kids or anything but I also don't want children potentially getting hurt by not taking these things into consideration if they decide to try something stupid). Nonetheless, great video as always 👍
I feel like if there was a video showing Tyler's floor of his garage, it'd be full of do not eat silica gel packets and manuals
Yeeeeeeeeeeee
I get anxious watching this dude,but it's entertaining.
He’s cooking rice
Is it just me or does anyone else want to see Tyler Collab with Demolition Ranch and see if these beads can make a good body plate to maybe not stop a 9mm bullet but at least make a huge dent to see if you could survive a bullet
Question: when you took it out of the pot was it hot?
Nope it was cold like the arctic
Yes it was hot
Don’t let them “lovely” mean comments get you mad or doing anything extra to please them. I’ve been watching you for a very long time. Right or even a teeny tiny mistake i still watch your videos… You’re entertaining. Keep doing what you do. Yesterday
yeah, using gloves kneading hot plastic is SO overrated. Or wear eye protection when shooting sharp metal projectiles. Tyler please take some safety precautions.
Small suggestion, would live to see a longer video of you making an armor set out of that stuff, like a chest plate /helmet 👀 and a sword that you sharpen add like a metal mesh to the planting and boom. Easy pz armor set
Remember when this channel was all about flex tape and superglue?…I think we found our new trend.
Let’s see what all we can get Tyler to make out of this stuff. The possibility’s are literally endless (depending on his creativity)
Silicone coated oven mitts 👍🏼 definitely would help for those big projects!
10:15 ah yes point the spring loaded darts at your face. great work you win the darwin award
Me struggling to sleep at 2:39 am, ooh a Tylertune video!
You could have used a rolling pin or a metal tube/bar to get it more even. I bought some of this stuff after watching your other video and it is brilliant stuff! It takes a bit of practice to get used to it, but it is so useful. Thanks Tyler!
fires projectile knives that bounce around freely, throws ninja stars that bounce and glance off, tosses a spear that bounces back towards him... uses a safety backstop for the crossbow... epic.
Dude, I could just drink beers, chat and do crazy experiments with you for ever 😂😂
Now we know Tyler is closer to a ninja than to a British man.
If the crossbow hits where your hand is then it just ~Bolts~ the shield to your hand so you can't drop it. Slice the fletching end off with the sword in your main hand and take it as a blessing
Make videos more consistently if you can, by far my favorite youtuber. I need more videos to watch.
Awesome video but can I suggest a redo? This time make it thicker in the center and rounded. Shields were also used to repel thus is why the concave. Also, there are 2 handles. One for forearm stability and one for hand grasping.
You should’ve used the last bag you had leftover to round the front of the shield. Would help in deflecting projectiles.
5:36 the forbidden pizza dough 😭😭😭
First I wanna say, excellent advertising for this company. Secondly, I’d want to see how it would hold up to small arms fire. Finally, I’d like to see if you could repair these things by reheating it or adding more beads to fill gaps. I also think you could improve your hammer by putting in a wedge to better fill the hole in the head.
Watching Tyler repeatedly burn his hands instead of wearing gloves is crazy
That look 16:41 to 16:42 of unbridled pleasure and morbid satisfaction on Tyler's face 😂 I feel it 😆
The shield wasn’t curved. Curved shields are useful. You didn’t use something like a paella pan / exterior bottom of a large cooking pot to mould it on. Perhaps try that? No water, just the outside bottom/base of that large pan. You can maybe even seal the pan / weld it & run copper tubes on the inside to heat it up. Heat the water separately. Add a tap / valve. Kind of like a heated table that candy makers use.
You should remake the shield but make it curved, or make it up of individual hexagons like a turtles shell, and then put it onto the plastic shield which would be thinner but it’d be more than just flat!
& also, perhaps make a cover for it with a carbon fibre backed leather, or steel mesh.
The plastic would be the base material. You could put steel circles on the exterior. Over the plastic.
You should try putting in metal screening (the harder kind) in between two layers of this plastic and see if it improves integrity. Also, you should change the handle to be like the Spartan shield handle. you can look it up. PS - I love your channel, never change man!
10:15 yes let’s look into the metal dart gun
8:14 looks great out of context
Try using it as glue with the wood blocks. Kind of a nice throwback
This is a good opportunity to test insulated gloves
Tyler logic: "It's so hot, it's burning my hands. I better grab a stool."
If you're going to make a useful shield you should make one where your arm has a band for your forearm and a handle for your hand! You will most likely break your wrist with a decent enough impact and the chance of the shield pivoting side to side and hurting yourself.
Imagine being the Tyler-s neighbor and heard a loud sound coming from his garage and followerd by "... just a little bit of the tip went throu ... let's try again.". I'll guess that the PD already knows him and don't come to his house too often knowing who he is and what he does.
You could patch Gary up with those InstaMorph beads. Also, you could make a knife with them and see how sharp it can get. Nice video btw 😁👍🏻
For a real life scenario I think it would be easier for the user's hand to fail to hold that handle than a melee weapon making it through that.
Maybe a better handle (the handle smaller and close to the edge, having a strap for the forearm to be held against the inner part of the shield) then it would be so much easier protecting yourself from blows on the shield. The kind of handle depicted in the video is commonly used in bucklers (super tini shields) or toy shields that are not accurate depictions of real war shields.
10:10 whenever he pointed the thing at his face right after it malfunctioned 😂 dude is a tad bit slow 😂 that’s like pointing a loaded gun at your face